page_title: Monito Island
hierarchical_section_title: Monito Island
caption_attribution_description: English: Island as seen from dive boat, Monito Island, Puerto Rico
context_page_description: Monito Island is an uninhabited island about 3.1 mi northwest of the much larger Mona Island. Monito is the masculine diminutive form of Mona in Spanish. It is one of three islands in the Mona Passage, and part of the Isla de Mona e Islote Monito barrio, a subdivision of the municipality of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. It is inaccessible by sea and is barren. It reaches 213 ft in height and measures 0.06 sq mi or 36.25 acres in area.
  The Monito gecko is found only on Monito Island.
context_section_description: Monito Island (Little Mona) (Spanish: Islote Monito) is an uninhabited island about 3.1 mi (5.0 km) northwest of the much larger Mona Island. Monito is the masculine diminutive form of Mona in Spanish. It is one of three islands in the Mona Passage, and part of the Isla de Mona e Islote Monito barrio, a subdivision of the municipality of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. It is inaccessible by sea and is barren. It reaches 213 ft (65 m) in height and measures 0.06 sq mi (0.16 km²) or 36.25 acres (14.67 ha) in area.
  The Monito gecko is found only on Monito Island.
caption: Monito Island, Puerto Rico
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